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PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags users & search

04 December 2006

Phil Bradley: Finding what you need with the best search engines

by 29 others
based on the question: What do you need to find and what do you already know?

03 December 2006

01 December 2006

New Media and Cyberculture library resouces

Library Resources for communication studies site; here, suggested keywords for searches, reference works, periodical indexes, web sites, professional associations, journals and trade publications, statistical sources. updated 2004.

Reader²

by 20 others
another social bookmarking site to find books to read like the ones you know, in genres you prefer, enjoyed by other readers with your tastes; it's one of the fun features of Amazon.com, now with whole sites for the purpose

artists and art...the-artists.org

by 1 other
extended visual, biographical, and textual database of 20th Century and contemporary visual artists

Visual dictionary

by 3 others
just what it says, a dictionary but in pictures; kids will love it; a good way for learning English as a second language

27 November 2006

SEOmoz's Web 2.0 Awards

March 06; useful discursive comparison by judges of top contenders in each of many categories, which rhetorically can be used to teach students how to write about the Internet; sizeable honorable mention lists

ShopWiki

by 2 others
"ShopWiki actively crawls more than 180,000 online stores to ensure you’ll find the products you want at the best prices." For a class looking at web2.0 apps, it's the kind of thing students would enjoy playing with.

What Should I Read Next?

by 9 others
Like many web2.0 search sites, you tell it what you like and it builds a profile of your preferences. Film and entertainment addition in development.

Those Dark Hiding Places: The Invisible Web Revealed

by 4 others
a librarian teaches you about the dark web; originally written 2001, updated Oct. 2006

Google Help : Cheat Sheet

by 32 others
one page of tips to remind you of search protocols on Google

26 November 2006

PublicRadioFan.com

by 9 others
a radio listening site: schedule listings for thousands of public radio stations and programs around the world

LibriVox

by 8 others
goal is to record all the books in the public domain; lots of audio-lit here

24 November 2006

Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need

by 9 others
how to refine a topic and its searches; updated for web 2.0 and specialty searching; good for anyone starting to do Internet research on a topic and will take you to some previously unused search tools

TeacherSource | learning.now . Tag - You're Delicious! | PBS

may 06 discussion of how delicious works; useful overview and collection of comments. PBS teachersouce is also worth visiting from time to time

Specialty Search Engines

* Answers * Computer * Domain * Financial * Government * Invisible Web * Legal * Mailing Lists * Medical * Newsgroups * Science * Shopping * Travel Search Engines • others

21 November 2006

18 November 2006

JEP - The Journal of Electronic Publishing

many of the past issues were on thematic concerns; ever of greater importance in academic and knowledge communities is the how-to of electronic publishing

13 November 2006

cin-o-matic

by 2 others
in an easily scannable, filterable, and sortable format, users are quickly able to see what movies may interest them

Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources | OEDb

by 7 others
The invisible web, or deep web, is estimated to be 500 times bigger than the searchable web and comprises databases and results of specialty search engines that the popular search engines can't index.

06 November 2006

Pandia Powersearch, all-in-one list of search engines and directories

by 1 other
new search engine that also has useful tutorial on how to search and explanations of all the major search engines; good for college students to learn how to use Internet most effectively